Joined: Aug 31 2005 Posts: 8546 Location: Location Location
Mrs Barista wrote:Deary me. This has never been spun in Derby week before.
It's like fooking groundhog day. I reckon though they will sneak it, in a close encounter. I honestly believe they are only decent at home so will lose vs Wire ( I hope). Bit Salford esque in the mercenary stakes, but with noisy vocal home support which gets them over the line.
Joined: Aug 01 2005 Posts: 5916 Location: Definately not in the Cuddle Crew
Rovers are a one man team - and hes injured (thats laughing at the lie thats he injured btw, not that hes actually injured)
To be fair though if i was Rovers id be putting all my eggs in one basket with the CC and keeping Kelly away from a bruising derby - They wont go down in the middle eights but a CC cup final appearance would be fantastic for the club
Joined: Apr 11 2010 Posts: 1114 Location: 3/4 mile from Caravan park
The game will be won and lost in the forwards on Friday.
Hull FC pack without big micky is still much stronger than rovers. If Albert Kelly is out then all FC have to do is bombard them down the middle and attack that line with speed at their end. With a weak pack and no half backs I really cannot see KR doing much. No forwards to build the platform for their backs and they might not have a half back paring for the game lol.
kelly will play even if he's on one leg. What choice does chester have? He can't surrender a top 8 place to the arch rivals (albeit only once everyone reaches 20) so has to go for it. We really need to improve our kick chase which has been really poor at times recently. rovers back 3 give them a great platform when allowed to and they play with good intensity which we need to match. We need to hit kelly hard when we have the ball, both to take energy out of him and because he misses plenty of tackles. Winnable game but we need to be at our best and I still think rovers will probably take the points but we'll beat wigan next week anyway
We just need to play like we did at Newcastle against them, even with campese who is the best creative HB they've got, he was non existent because we didn't let him get in the game, Ellis tore him apart.
easthull fc fan wrote:We just need to play like we did at Newcastle against them, even with campese who is the best creative HB they've got, he was non existent because we didn't let him get in the game, Ellis tore him apart.
Our intensity won the game that day. Brilliant defensive line speed and great enthusiasm and technique when we have the ball. Easier said than done to replicate it IMO
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